Petar Drapsin

Petar Drapsin (15 November 1914-2 November 1945) was a Lieutenant-General of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II.

Biography
Petar Drapsin was born on 15 November 1914 in Turija, Austria-Hungary to a family of Orthodox Christian Serbs. He was involved in the workers' movement under the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, and he served in the Spanish Civil War with the International Brigades. During World War II, the Communist Party tasked him with forming resistance forces in the Herzegovina region of Yugoslavia, and he was accused of committing war crimes against civilians in Herzegovina. After the war, he was elected to the Yugoslav National Assembly, and he shot himself in 1945 after being criticized at a party rally.